Lucknow, Jul 22 (PTI) Lucknow police has revealed that a 22-year-old man, allegedly beaten to death by five people in May, was killed in a case of vengeance, as one of the attackers sought revenge for his mother’s death, which he blamed on the victim years ago.
The accused have been identified as Sunny Kashyap (20), Salamu (30), Sonu Kashyap alias Anup Kumar (21), Ranjeet Kumar (21) and Rehmat Ali (25), the police said in the statement on Monday.
The victim, identified as Manoj, was allegedly killed in May, according to the complaint lodged by his father, Ramakant.
It was mentioned that Manoj was allegedly beaten up by some unknown individuals with sticks and rods, and he died later during treatment.
Subsequently, a case was registered at Indiranagar police station under sections 105(3) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the BNS, police said.
The police detained the five accused for interrogation on Sunday, following which they were arrested.
Sunny Kashyap and Anup Kumar worked as delivery boys in a quick-commerce company, while Ranjeet Kumar worked at a shopping mall, the police said, adding that the rod and motorcycle allegedly used in the crime have been recovered.
Police further mentioned that during interrogation of the accused, they came to know that Manoj was from Sonu’s village. He lived in a rented house in Kalyanpur, and he had allegedly killed Sonu’s mother many years ago.
“Due to this, we killed Manoj at the instigation of Sonu Kashyap alias Anup Kumar…(he) had talked about throwing a party for us for killing Manoj,” police said, quoting one of the accused. PTI NAV AMJ AMJ
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